620 Messrs. Sclater and Alackworlli-Praed on. [Ibis, 



very shy and restless. I succeeded in shooting three — 

 ^ full plumage, S changing to full plumage, and one ? . 

 It is a very lovely little thing, and I believe it is new. It 

 certainly seems to be rather near C. osea, but the distance 

 between the Palestine locality and Kajo Kaji (about 4° N.) 

 is too great for it likely to be the same, and it seems much 

 smaller." 



We have not described this bird as a full species, as the 

 distinction between it and C. o. osea is so slight ; but, on the 

 other hand, there appear to be no birds of this type between 

 the Bahr el Ghazal and Arabia — a considerable gap. 



Cinnyris venustus fazoglensis. 



Nectarinia fazoglensis Heuglin, Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. 1873, 

 Appen. p. Ixx : Fazogli. 



Cinnyris affinis Riipp. (nee Shaw) ; Shelley, B. A. ii. p. 64. 



Cinnyris venustus fazoglensis (Heugl.) ; Reichenow, V. A. 

 iii. p. 473. 



The type of this Sunbird was obtained by the Duke of 

 Wiirttemburg at Fazogli. ]t is abundant in the Abyssinian 

 plateau, whence the Museum h;is a good sei'ies. There is 

 one example from Kordofan obtained from Verreaux, and 

 it is also stated by Riippell to occur there. 



Chalcomitra senegalensis cruentata. 



Chalcomitra cruentata (Riipp.) ; Shelley, B. A. ii. p. 100. 



[B. coll.] 8 Roseires Aug. Sen. 



This subspecies is quite distinct from C. s. acik. The 

 throat is not metallic throughout, but is black with a very 

 small metallic spot sometimes present between the black 

 throat and red chest. 



On the presence or absence of this spot depends the 

 distinction between C. s. cruentata and C. s. scioana Salvad. 

 from Shoa, but the character does not seeui to be constant. 

 In the four Roseires males, three have the spot quite dis- 

 tinct, in a fourth it is absent, and this seems to be the case 

 with Abyssinian birds as well. 



